Notre Dame's Slaughter picked by Browns

A player who missed the final 10 games of Notre Dame's season was the first off the NFL Draft board on Saturday.

Safety Jamoris Slaughter was a sixth-round pick by the Browns, a player who may have had second-day prospects before tearing his Achilles tendon in the third week of 2012.

Slaughter was denied a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA and, despite the injury, wound up being the third Irish player selected after tight end Tyler Eifert went to the Bengals in the first round and the Chargers traded up to select linebacker Manti Te'o in the second round.

Slaughter, measuring just less than 6-feet and weighed at 195 pounds, had 98 tackles in 39 career games at Notre Dame and was regarded as one of the biggest hitters on the roster.